For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. ---Ephesians 6:12

"The age of casual Catholicism is over; the age of heroic Catholicism has begun. We can no longer be Catholics by accident, but instead must be Catholics by CONVICTION." ---Fr. Terrence Henry TOR, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Have a barbecue, have a picnic, a block party, whatever... But don't forget to invite a soldier or marine to the festivities. I'm sure you know one or two, and you know they'd love it. And you know they deserve it. Throw it in their honor. They paid a price for our freedom, and there is no doubt they fought along side someone who paid the ultimate price. Throw it in their honor, too.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

An old cartoon reminding us of the danger in giving in to the temptation a desperate public might feel to exchange their liberties and economic freedom for promises of security. Sound familiar? Just goes to show how much has been forgotten in the past 50 years. Are schools teaching anything these days besides self esteem?

Enjoy the cartoon, but please ignore the pop-up bubbles attempting to lead you to other websites promising you places to stash your cash... Sorry!

Yes, it is so very TIME to pay back those who have been so kind to link to me over the past several months, both those whose links to me have sent many readers my way, as well as those who simply admired my postings and wished to draw more attention to them. For all of it I am grateful.

To R. S. McCain who has built up his blog, The Other McCain, to over a million hits per year, I salute you. You literally wrote the rules on how this is done. Congrats to you and your blog! See his Lou Dobbs video HERE. And...see his new blog chastising RINO's HERE.

To Donald Douglas at American Power, your in depth analysis has encouraged me (when I have time) to investigate stories to their absolute, full extent and bring something new and exciting to the blogosphere (again,...when I have the time). There is a really good one of his HERE.

To Carol at No Sheeples Here, I think your Serta sheep are cool, and your posts cooler. Keep up the good work and watch your readership GROW! HERE is a recent post on the Pelosi flap.

To Ala at Blonde Sagacity, even if you weren't a wonderfully busty blonde I would still read your blog daily for the humor, insight, and unusually great pictures you find. Where do you get them???? See an example of her breathtaking acumen, HERE.

To Pam Geller at Atlas Shrugs, even though you never link to my posts...I get several hits per day just from people finding me on your blogroll. For that I thank you. You keep a close eye on evil in the world, like in this post HERE.

To Leslie at Alice The Camel, you have proven the value of even-toed ungulates beyond anything I would have imagined possible. Thank you so much for your wit and wisdom.

There are so many others to link to, like THIS ONE, THAT ONE, THAT OTHER ONE, and even THIS GUY who never links to me but whom I sort of knew in college through my roommate, and who writes really well researched material and gets paid for it.

I put off posting this for a month because it is just so depressing. This video is sort of like reading Mark Steyn's America Alone, only without the humor. And even with the humor, I found his book hard to pick up and read simply for all the bad news delivered.

The video seen above delivers several points rather bluntly, the one most notable being that if we sit on our hands and do nothing, the Muslims win. Europe and possibly Canada become theirs within a decade or two, followed by several others, most likely Russia. And since Western society has decided to stop breeding, decided to stop creating 2 parent families, and allowing abortion on demand, the Christian populations will diminish while the Muslim ones who are now filling the void, will become the dominant force in the world. And since the dominant force in the Muslim camp is fanatically violent and repressive, so will the world.

An interesting statistic for the US is that the influx of immigrants from Latin America are actually making our culture sustainable. Without them we would be shrinking like Europe. Opening our borders to anyone without documentation, however, would be suicidal. But increasing legal immigration, even in this recession, may prove to be what saves us in the end. Too late for Europe; so if you want to see that continent in all its splendor you had better hurry.

Another antidote is evangelicalism. But even this is like fighting the tide when the Main Stream Media continues to draw moral equivalence between Christianity and Islam. Nor does it help when they attack Jews in their own passive-aggressive manner by criticizing Israel for defending itself from rocket attacks. Yes, in their own stupidity the liberal MSM may wind up trading Christianity, which they consider to be narrow-minded and oppressive, for fanatical Islam with its enslavement of women, violent hatred for homosexuals, hatred for all freedom and liberty, and its penchant for female-genital-mutilation. What a country this could wind up being. No wonder people aren't breeding as much these days.

Friday, May 8, 2009

This one is called Imagine Spot 2 by the creative folks at CatholicVote.org, who have been putting out some amazing material over the past several months to win the hearts and minds of the masses in order to do away with the anathema of abortion. Their intentions seem to be to appeal to peoples' sensibilities to unite on an issue rather than divide and be polarized. It may prove to be a great strategy. After all, who needs to outlaw abortion if no woman wants one?

Sunday, May 3, 2009

It is great to see the number of bishops condemning Notre Dame and Father Jenkins for inviting pro-abortion President Obama to speak at their graduation ceremony on May 17th, and to present him with an honorary degree, climb to 66. You will notice that two more Cardinals have been added: Justin Cardinal Rigali has been a very staunch pro-life supporter and vocal critic of recent Obama decisions on embryonic stem cell research funding. Read his interview HERE. Also from Philadelphia, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua (Archbishop Emeritas) joins the list, bringing the Cardinal count to 4.

I would think that before too long, any bishop or Cardinal not on the list will stick out like a sore, apathetic thumb in their own pro-choice sort of way... What do you think? Click on comments below.

I would also wonder that if Obama does end up desecrating this once prestigious Catholic university with his presence, will he request that all Christian symbols within view be covered up like he did at Jesuit founded, Georgetown University recently??? Read about THAT by clicking HERE.

Matt K Cassens

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Also, I want to add that not everyone I link to below marches lock-step with me on every issue. But I link to them nonetheless because I think they are righteous. They have taken sides in their respective battles, political and/or religious, and have chosen wisely. May you do the same.

Followers

The middle east media research institute

Stop Islamization of america

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